Pathological addiction to gambling is still very much a hidden phenomenon. A flutter at the race course, dog track, even betting on the outcome of a presidential election or the “X factor” winner is socially acceptable. The message is, like alcohol, in moderation there is no harm in gambling. Except that the media periodically tells […] Read more »

The phenomenon of the helicopter parent has been around since the 1990’s and was a trem first coined by Foster Cline and Jim Clay for the type of parent who, like a medivac helicopter could swoop in from nowhere and “rescue” their child from any sense of responsibility they may have in a variety of […] Read more »

Researchers estimate that 1 % of the general population are narcissists. The number of narcissists who become parents is also extremely high. Narcissistic parents look at their children as objects to control. They have little interest in nurturing them or tending to their needs. Instead, they look to children to validate their distorted sense of […] Read more »

What Is It Like To Have A Narcissistic Sibling ? I have written lots on what it is like to be a child, lover or work colleague of someone who has NPD, but what is it like being a brother or sister ? Every behaviour a narcissist commonly displays in the wider world: a need […] Read more »

An adult can choose to live with or without a narcissist, and it is up to that adult to decide whether or not to weather the storm(s). What about the children, the sons and daughters, living with a narcissistic parent? They have no choice in remaining with the narcissist and are ready victims for his […] Read more »

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